Main entry:

Hodges, William, 1744-1797, author.

Title & Author:

Travels in India during the years 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783 / by William Hodges, R.A.

Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Description:

vi, 156, [2] pages, [15] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 31 cm

Notes:
Signatures: [a]⁴(-[a]1) b-u⁴ x² chi1.
Printed on wove paper.
Plates engraved by W. Angus, William Byrne, John Cary, James Fittler, Thomas Medland, Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, William Skelton, Peltro William Tomkins, and John Walker.
Final leaf includes "Table of the plates, with directions to the binder" on recto and bookseller's advertisement on verso. In come copies, this leaf is bound in at beginning.
Plates: A map of part of Bengal and Bahar with the provinces of Benares, Allahabad, Oude and Agra -- A view of the Great Pagoda at Tanjore -- A view of Calcutta, taken from Fort William -- The pass of Sicri Gully from Bengal entering into the province of Bahar -- A view of the inside of a zananah -- Banyan tree -- Mahommedan women attending the tombs of their parents, relatives or friends, at night -- A peasant woman of Hindostan ; A Sepoy matchlock man, in the service of the native princes of Hindostan -- A column taken from the Temple of Vis Visha at Benares -- Procession of a Hindoo woman to the funeral pile of her husband -- A view of Bidjegur -- A view of the palace of the nabob Asoph of Dowlah at Lucknow -- A view of Agra taken from the south west -- A woman of Hindostan ; Mullah or Musselman priest -- A view of the fort of Gwalior.
English short title catalogue, T87144

Subject:

Travel
India Description and travel Early works to 1800.
India
Indien
India Description and travel

Form/genre:

rare books.
Early works
Travel literature.
Travel writing.
Récits de voyages.
Engravings.

Added entries:

Angus, W. (William), active 18th century-19th century, engraver.
Byrne, William, 1743-1805, engraver.
Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835, engraver.
Fittler, James, 1758-1835, engraver.
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, engraver.
Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799, engraver.
Skelton, William, 1763-1848, engraver.
Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, engraver.
Walker, John, active 1784-1802, engraver.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816, bookseller.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227584
Call No.: ND37.H688.A74 1793
Status: Available